https://www.scmp.com/rss/524251/feed The latest news and top stories on Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. A prominent Bangladeshi politician and businessman, he served as Home Minister for three consecutive terms, overseeing efforts to combat terrorism and maintain communal harmony. A freedom fighter from the 1971 Liberation War, he also held various parliamentary and public service roles. Currently, he is a fugitive, being tried in absentia alongside Sheikh Hasina for alleged crimes against humanity related to the 2024 student protests. He... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Bangladeshi police began exhuming a mass grave on Sunday that is believed to contain around 114 unidentified victims of a mass uprising that toppled autocratic former prime minister Sheikh Hasina last year. The UN-supported effort is being advised by Argentine forensic anthropologist Luis Fondebrider, who has led recovery and identification missions at mass graves worldwide for decades. The bodies were buried at the Rayerbazar Graveyard in Dhaka by the volunteer group Anjuman Mufidul Islam,... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3335524/bangladesh-mass-grave-2024-uprising-exhumed-un-support?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3335524/bangladesh-mass-grave-2024-uprising-exhumed-un-support?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Dec 2025 13:54:24 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji India is unlikely to accept an extradition request for Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is facing the death penalty in her own country for crimes against humanity. Hasina, 78, has been living in India since fleeing Bangladesh in August last year after the fall of her regime. She was sentenced to death on Monday after being found guilty by a tribunal of incitement, issuing kill orders and failing to stop atrocities linked to last year’s protests in which up to 1,400 people... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3333252/why-india-extraditing-hasina-bangladesh-face-death-penalty-unlikely?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3333252/why-india-extraditing-hasina-bangladesh-face-death-penalty-unlikely?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:30:21 +0000 Maria Siow Maria Siow Bangladesh’s pursuit of the death penalty against the country’s ousted former leader, Sheikh Hasina, has emerged as a key obstacle in efforts to bring her back from exile in India, with analysts saying the demand is likely to stall extradition talks and may even strengthen her bid for political asylum. The case centres on Hasina’s alleged role in a brutal crackdown on student protesters that marked the end of her 15-year rule – violence that a United Nations report said claimed 1,400 lives,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3329965/will-death-penalty-demand-bangladeshs-hasina-jeopardise-extradition-india?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3329965/will-death-penalty-demand-bangladeshs-hasina-jeopardise-extradition-india?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:30:36 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Bangladeshi prosecution lawyers demanded on Thursday that fugitive ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina receive the death penalty in her trial for crimes against humanity. Hasina has defied court orders to return from India, where she fled last year, to face charges of ordering a deadly crackdown in a failed attempt to crush a student-led uprising. Up to 1,400 people were killed in the clashes between July and August 2024, according to the United Nations. “We demand the highest punishment for her,”... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3329249/bangladeshs-ex-pm-sheikh-hasina-should-be-put-death-prosecution-demands?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3329249/bangladeshs-ex-pm-sheikh-hasina-should-be-put-death-prosecution-demands?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:17:14 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The first witness in the trial of Bangladesh’s fugitive ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina gave evidence on Sunday, a man shot in the face during protests that toppled her last year. Hasina, 77, who has defied court orders to return from India to attend her trial on charges amounting to crimes against humanity, is accused of ordering a deadly crackdown in a failed bid to crush the student-led uprising. Up to 1,400 people were killed between July and August 2024, according to the United Nations. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3320605/bangladesh-protest-victim-witness-gives-evidence-ex-pm-hasina-trial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3320605/bangladesh-protest-victim-witness-gives-evidence-ex-pm-hasina-trial?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Aug 2025 13:54:34 +0000